[simongray]

I think this will always be the case with these adtech platforms. There is a conflict of interest at play. In the end, the ad revenue always wins.

The only way to really filter this stuff is through self-hosted blogs. These can also be connected, but in a decentralised way e.g. https://indieweb.org is a good intro to some of the protocols in use.

[coffeeblack]

Substack seems to solve that pretty well. No ads because authors get paid by readers, yet articles are still viewable publicly.

[Kwpolska]

Substack is a paid newsletter thing. Some Substack newsletters might have some publicly readable entries, but the user experience on Substack is geared heavily towards getting the thing in your e-mail and paying for it, not free reading on the web.